Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH (RBVC) is the corporate venture company of the Robert Bosch GmbH, one of the largest private technology companies worldwide with more than 50 billion Euros in sales. Founded in 1886, Bosch is a leading global supplier of automotive, industrial technology, consumer goods and building technology. RBVC invests in start-up companies across North America, Europe and Israel with a focus on technology companies that have a strategic fit to one of their businesses. To learn more about RBVC, please visit www.rbvc.com.

Samsung Ventures is the investment arm of Samsung Group. The firm primarily invests in the information technology sector with a focus on consumer electronics, digital media, display technology, semiconductor, telecommunications, datacenter infrastructure, and lately social media. It invests in companies based in North America, Europe, and Asia. The firm typically invests between $2 million and $5 million per investment round, at various stages of the startup company's life cycle.

Learn about their perspectives as to what is they are interested in, what they are investing in and how they operate. We will also talk about their approach to working with companies, how they get their members involved and how they are different from other venture capital firms. We will discuss some of the common traits of those companies selected to present to their partnership and those which ultimately were funded.

We will select up to 8 ventures to do 3-minute pitches followed by 3 minutes of feedback.

Note: If you are interested in presenting, please send your executive summary (no more than 2 pages) to John Lee, Co-Chair of the Venture Startup and Financing SIG, at jclee@svb.com. COMPANIES THAT WANT TO PRESENT MUST BE REGISTERED BEFORE WE REACH OUR LIMIT ON THE NUMBER OF ATTENDEES.

Agenda:

6:30 - 7:00 pm Registration and Networking

7:00 - 8:30 pm Presentation

Note: There is an additional $10.00 charge at the door - if not pre-registered.

Seating is limited! It is very important to pre-register for this event. It does sell-out and we may need to turn people away.